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Early minutes books show us as A.F. of L. Local 24832. The first entry is a reference to a party in 1953. The regular meeting canceled. There is a meeting minutes in 1956 that states part of the contract and a no vote to strike has to do with the company recognizing a union.
We then became the U.S.W.A. Local 5429. The Certificate of Charter of Affiliation hangs in the Union office today. Dated the 9th of August 1956. Signed by the following people President Charles Brown, Vice-President Kenneth Bennett, Recording Secretary Dorothy Wallace, Financial Secretary Leo Dickerson, Treasure Doris Evans, Guide Bernard Reid, Inside Guard Robert Caster, Outside Guard Raymond Kopec, International President David J Mc Donald, and International secretary J W Abel.
The following people have served as Union President over the years Paul Covert, Mert Dunshie, Charles Brown, Frank Sherwood, Tom Morgan, (in office one month) Doris Evens, Jim Carlson (in office 3 months), Richard Keller, John Dray, Larry Cassidy, and Rogers Mesler.
We have had two strikes one in 1972 and one in 1975.
Anyone with any History information can e-mail us. Your help would be appreciated.
Our current membership is 742 Union Brothers and Sisters.
March 2004 LayOff of 114 Union members
Sept 2004 Layoff of 131 more union members
Jan 2005 Lay-off of 136 more union members
back to 2 shifts of operation
Became USW Local 5429 dropping the A in USWA to represent unions both in USA and Canada.Started in 2004 and changed in 2005
2000 Picnic
AVX Support Rally
Contract Books, Original Charter, Jim Bickhart
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